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sross81
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2008-10-07 : 15:57:34
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| Hello,I have 2,573 tables and I want to know out of all of these tables which ones contain a field called person_id. Is this something that is possible? I can't even think of where to start with the select statement. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance!Sherri |
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2008-10-07 : 16:00:02
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| See this:http://vyaskn.tripod.com/search_all_columns_in_all_tables.htm |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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sross81
Posting Yak Master
228 Posts |
Posted - 2008-10-07 : 16:26:20
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Wow the information schema is really helpful! I had never had to use that before but I was able to link a few of those views together and get exactly what I needed. Thanks for your help.quote:
Originally posted by tkizer
I wouldn't bother with the link that sodeep posted when you can do this easily like this:SELECT TABLE_NAMEFROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNSWHERE COLUMN_NAME = 'person_id'Tara KizerMicrosoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Serverhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/Subscribe to my blog
Thanks in Advance!Sherri |
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Finding all the tables a field exist in